This “The Best…” list is going to be an expanding one.
These are the ESL/EFL blogs that I subscribe to now, but I’m sure there are many more out there that I just don’t know about…
I hope you’ll contribute their url addresses in the comments section! The criteria I used included that they are updated regularly (more-or-less), their focus is ESL/EFL, and that they provide information that I’ve found useful in my teaching.
Here are my picks for The Best ESL/EFL Blogs (not in any order):
Adult Education and Technology
Nik’s Daily English Activities
Nik’s Quick Shout Technology News
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
My Life Untranslated: Adventures of a New ESL Teacher in New York City
I’ve written a lot about how I use online video games with my English Language Learner students. I was originally inspired along this line by Graham Stanley and Kyle Mawer. They’ve just begun a blog on this topic called Digital Play.
Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters
French Frog’s Little English Pond
Who else should be on this list? Please keep in mind the criteria I’ve used — they’re updated more-or-less regularly, their focus is on ESL/EFL, and that they’ve provided information that has been useful in your teaching.
Sean Banville, the man behind a zillion sites used by ESL teachers around the world everyday, has compiled a very big list of ESL blogs — and it’s growing. If the ones I have listed here aren’t enough for you, definitely go and check out his webpage. And, if you have an ESL blog and it’s not there, let him know.
David Deubelbeiss has put together a great tool that allows you to explore 130 different ESL/EFL blogs. It’s called the ELT Blog Generator. Unfortunately, I can’t get it to embed here, but you can go to the link and have some fun.
“One Stop Blogs” is a project of Macmillan Publishers that brings together the feeds of ESL/EFL blogs (and others that are not specifically ESL/EFL but could still be of interest).
If you found this post useful, you might want to look at previous “The Best…” lists and also consider subscribing to this blog for free.
June 12, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Larry, you’ve made my day… again! There’s so much to discover on these blogs, and I can’t wait until Monday to try out a few new ideas… – so, here’s another well-deserved *big* “thank you” to you and your work -excellent!
June 15, 2009 at 8:58 am
Dear Larry,
Thanks for adding my blog to the list. It has not been easy for the last months to keep updating the blog, but now it seems that things have been back to normal after organizing my life back in Brazil, and blogging is again flowing more smoothly about a topic that I´m passionate about, Ed Tech for EFL.
June 15, 2009 at 9:31 am
Thanks for including Alex Case’s TEFLtastic! Also, “Kalinago English” was our site of the month for June. http://edition.tefl.net/category/awards/
Will check out some of the others now!
August 4, 2009 at 2:19 pm
What a surprise you have included me on this list. I believe the effort was worth it. Thanks!
September 7, 2009 at 7:40 am
Dear Larry,
What an honour to be included in your list. You are a reference to many of us who like blogging about EFL/ ESL.
Thanks a lot!!!!
September 9, 2009 at 4:03 am
Hello Larry,
Perpaps you could consider my BE Blog on the list.
The address is: http://beblog.communication-realization.com/#home
You can access the blog also through my website.
I deliver communication English training courses throughout Europe and the focus is always on communication first. Any language can be learned through our capacity to communicate: 100% guaranteed!
Sincerely,
Elisabeth Dols
October 24, 2009 at 8:27 am
I totally agree with the list. I’d also add Ken Wilson’s Blog: http://kenwilsonelt.wordpress.com/
October 24, 2009 at 8:56 am
Hello Sir.Larry Ferlazzo,
you created a great list here and some of them are my friend.. I hope you can add my personal EFL/ELT blog this list.
Sincerely,
Özcan Dönmez
October 24, 2009 at 9:23 am
Larry,
Thank you for this list! I’m passing it along to my sister. She is the Adult Education Director at Focus Points Family Resource Center in Denver, CO.
http://tr.im/CTyJ
Russ
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December 13, 2011 at 11:46 am
Thank you for this great list! I would like to add my website, gonaturalenglish.com, video lesson resource for ESL students and teachers. I love to focus on cultural competence, body language, voice and other lesser-known tricks for communicating in English “naturally.” Check it out and feel FREE to pass it on. 100% Free!
January 27, 2012 at 11:48 am
you’ll find this site helpfull
AlMaany multilingual dictionary
website url : Al-Maany Dictionary
the website available in five languages:
English, Spanish, Brazilian, Frensh and Arabic
the website enables you to download a collection of dictionaries in PDF format.
name meanings
Holy Quran vocabularies meanings
Synonyms and antibodies
and more
search methods
Legal, financial, military, medical, political, marketing, engineering, agricultural, computer …etc
March 14, 2012 at 10:06 am
Larry,
Great links. Very useful information and great sources for new ideas. I just wanted to add a couple of my favorite to the list. These sites have helped me a great deal with activities for my students and spin-off ideas of my own.
Bogglesworld: flashcards, worksheets, activities – bogglesworldesl.com/
Breaking News English: recent news stories with activities – http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
E.L. Eston: ESL activities – eleaston.com/speaking.html
ESL Flow: activities, games – http://www.eslflow.com/
ESL Galaxy: activities – http://www.esl-galaxy.com/
ESL Notes: movie plot summaries, vocabulary, questions for class – http://www.eslnotes.com/
MES English: free flashcards, crossword maker, holiday pictures – http://www.mes-english.com/
One Stop English – http://www.onestopenglish.com/
Simply Scripts: movie and TV scripts available online – http://www.simplyscripts.com/
Voice of America: news stories with questions and activities – http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
June 12, 2012 at 10:51 am
Hi, I write a blog for the online language learning company Dexway, and I regularly update the blog with articles, stories and videos that are suited to the different CEFR levels for English learners:
http://www.dexway.com/blog/category/dexway-magazine/
If the videos are for beginners I include a transcript, and if they are for more advanced learners I include a list of some of the more challenging words.
I hope the blog is useful and interesting for people learning English.
The articles aren’t lesson plans or exercises, but I do hope they are useful nonetheless.
Cheers,
Ben
July 26, 2012 at 6:40 am
Thanks for the list Larry. It’s been good to discover all these blogs and this has been helpful in how I work on my own blog
http://www.londonlanguageexperience.com/blog/
Also I like lists!
All the best
Luke
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January 9, 2013 at 5:14 pm
All great resources for ESL! One of the most challenging issues is often retention of a new language. I think the Pimsleur Approach ESL program helps to ingrain what you learn into memory.
http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/aprende-ingles/